Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] sched: Implement shared wakequeue in CFS

[Aaron Lu <aaron.lu@intel.com>]

On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 09:43:00PM -0500, David Vernet wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 10:35:34AM +0800, Aaron Lu wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 12:36:26PM -0500, David Vernet wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 08:53:38AM +0800, Aaron Lu wrote:
> > > > I also tried that on the 18cores/36threads/LLC Skylake and the contention
> > > > is indeed much smaller than UDP_RR:
> > > > 
> > > >      7.30%     7.29%  [kernel.vmlinux]      [k]      native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath
> > > > 
> > > > But I wouldn't say it's entirely gone. Also consider Skylake has a lot
> > > > fewer cores per LLC than later Intel servers like Icelake and Sapphire
> > > > Rapids and I expect things would be worse on those two machines.
> > > 
> > > I cannot reproduce this contention locally, even on a slightly larger
> > 
> > With netperf client number equal to nr_cpu?
> 
> No, that confusion was only the first time around. See below though, I'm
> not sure what insights are to be gained by continuing to tinker with
> netperf runs.
> 
> > > Skylake. Not really sure what to make of the difference here. Perhaps
> > > it's because you're running with CONFIG_SCHED_CORE=y? What is the
> > 
> > Yes I had that config on but I didn't tag any tasks or groups.
> > 
> > > change in throughput when you run the default workload on your SKL?
> > 
> > The throughput dropped a little with SWQUEUE:
> > 
> >                  avg_throughput    native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath%
> > NO_SWQUEUE:      9528.061111111108      0.09%
> > SWQUEUE:         8984.369722222222      8.05%
> > 
> > avg_throughput: average throughput of all netperf client's throughput,
> > higher is better.
> > 
> > I run this workload like this:
> > "
> > netserver
> > 
> > for i in `seq 72`; do
> >         netperf -l 60 -n 72 -6 &
> > done
> > 
> > sleep 30
> > perf record -ag -e cycles:pp -- sleep 5 &
> > 
> > wait
> > "
> > (the '-n 72' should be redundant but I just keep it there)
> 
> At this point I'd say we've spent quite a bit of time discussing netperf
> results. We understand where the contention is coming from, and yes,
> we've established that there are going to be some configurations where
> swqueue is not well suited. We've also established that there are
> configurations where it will and does perform well, including on
> netperf.
> 
> I'm not sure what we're hoping to gain by continuing to run various
> netperf workloads with your specific parameters?

I don't quite follow you.

I thought we were in the process of figuring out why for the same
workload(netperf/default_mode/nr_client=nr_cpu) on two similar
machines(both are Skylake) you saw no contention while I saw some so I
tried to be exact on how I run the workload.

If that's not the case, then yes there is no much value continuing this
discussion.

Thanks,
Aaron